Burgess Hill Town Football Club had some special visitors from across the Atlantic as three football (soccer to them!) fans, with a familiar name, all came to Leylands Park this week.

Dr John Burgess, John Burgess II and Aaron Burgess all from South Carolina flew into Heathrow on Wednesday and headed straight to the HomeCall Carpets Community Stadium, home of Burgess Hill Town FC.

With their surname being Burgess they came across the Hill when planning their trip watching games in the UK, France and Italy.

Unfortunately they are not in the country to watch the Hillians but they were able to get to the ground and get some BHTFC merchandise as they picked up some replica shirts, hats and scarves and had a little tour of the ground.

On their visit John Burgess II said “We had an awesome time visiting the grounds with our namesake. We really appreciated the tour and the thoughtfulness that you would take time out of you day to show around total strangers. You went way above and beyond with your hospitality”.

Thank you for heading to see us and wear those shirts proudly back in America spreading the word about the Hillians!